Consultant Psychiatrist Worthing Crisis Team (enhanced £45k RRP)

This is an exciting opportunity for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Crisis and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) in Worthing providing leadership to deliver high-quality, person‑centred care to adults 18+ experiencing a mental health crisis. The post also provides 1pa of medical input to the Haven at Swandean Hospital Site/Meadowfield. The Haven is a 3 chaired, nurse‑led, community‑based mental health crisis service designed to provide rapid assessment (up to 23hrs) and short‑term support for individuals experiencing acute mental health distress.

This job attracts a Recruitment and Retention payment of £45,000 structured over a three‑year period as follows: £15,000 payable upon successful recruitment. The Recruitment and Retention payment is pro rata for part‑time employees.

What We Offer:

• Relocation expenses up to £8,000 subject to role and policy requirements
• 30 days study leave over 3 years with annual study budget
• Opportunities for flexible working and bespoke job planning
• Access to wellbeing support, staff networks, and Balint groups
• Opportunities to engage in research, teaching, and quality improvement
• Free parking onsite

Main duties of the job:

• You will work with the MDT to provide excellent care to patients under the Crisis Team and within the Haven at Worthing.
• You will work with other acute in‑patient services in Meadowfield Hospital and with local community teams.
• Providing specialist psychiatric assessment and treatment to patients in CRHTT and Haven.
• Leading multidisciplinary team meetings.
• Supervising junior medical staff and contributing to teaching and training.
• Engage in clinical governance, quality improvement, and service development.
• This role can also support research, development, medical education or special interests.

We strongly believe in creating roles that provide a service but also give you the opportunity to develop your own areas of special interest. On appointment you will have the opportunity to join the Trust wide consultant network as well as having access to peer support from colleagues here in West Sussex.

About us:

Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire. Our values are to be compassionate, accountable and optimistic. The Trust has built our future focus 2025‑2030 which outlines our vision, purpose, ambitions and objectives which incorporate these values and behaviours. Our strategy can be viewed here. You will be joining a Trust rated ‘Good’ by the CQC and ‘Outstanding’ for caring, with a strong commitment to innovation, research, and continuous improvement. At Sussex Partnership we are committed to providing opportunities for flexible working. If you would like to work differently or different hours to as advertised, please get in touch to discuss this in more detail.

If you haven’t considered living or working in West Sussex before, here are some quick highlights:

• Travel easily from coast to countryside within minutes.
• Access renowned cycle routes and scenic walks like the South Downs Way in the national park.
• Explore miles of coastline, including West Wittering beach and Selsey.
• Gatwick and Heathrow airports are both under 90 minutes away for convenient travel.
• Brighton, Hove, and London are easily reached by local buses and mainline trains.

Job responsibilities:

Please review the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role. You will be part of a friendly and supportive multidisciplinary team that consists of Nurses, Psychologist, Occupational Therapists and more.

Person Specification:

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.

CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

• Excellent knowledge in specialty.
• Excellent clinical skills using bio‑psycho‑social perspective and wide medical knowledge.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Wide range of specialist and sub‑specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.